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Being a first-generation student is difficult, especially when your family does not support your decision to go to college or you don’t have someone to give you advice from a college point of view. Even if you feel as if no one truly understands what you’re going through, being…
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What are the main factors that either inhibit or promote growth in trees? Traditionally, scientists primarily looked at temperature and precipitation.
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In the March 21 Crain's Cleveland Business "Afternoon 5" email, an article written by Kim Palmer reported:
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![Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters) Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Train%20derailment%20-%20photo%20courtesy%20of%20Ntsbgov-via%20Reuters.jpg?VersionId=gxHSq9SIxWxRjt6IvlMq4_LevenxBvwE)
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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![David Kaplan (Center), professor in the Department of Geography, is one of three educators honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive. David Kaplan (center), professor in the Department of Geography, is one of three educators honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20Kaplan.jpg?VersionId=c0K2O_0upg8TwRZJizhawJbf.2TkSzqr)
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ, was recently named a fellow of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) in recognition for his significant contributions to advancing geography.
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Starting in Spring 2023, the Department of Geography will have a continuous study abroad program for the first time. Both Environmental Studies majors and Geography majors can take classes for their major while spending either a semester in Florence, participating in the…
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Principal Investigator Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography (within the College of Arts and Sciences) at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ, was recently awarded a three-year, $387,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (…
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Geography Professor Selected for AGU’s National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Academy
Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geography, in the College of Arts and Sciences at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ, was recently selected to become an inaugural American Geophysical Union (AGU) LANDInG (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and…
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Many wonder if climate change is the reason we’ve had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ…
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Have you ever wondered how Asian Americans helped win the Allied victory? What inspired Hemingway’s writings while in Paris? How has Wonder Woman impacted comics, feminism, and pop culture over the past 80 years? The diverse faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have you…